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17 Jul 2018
/ 11:11
CORFU. The abuse and harassment of the Enimerosi photo reporter by demonstrators at Lefkimmi on Sunday was said by protestors to be due to their confusion and anger at the presence of the riot police.
The publisher of Enimerosi phoned the secretary of Lefkimmi Cultural Society and asked that the reporter be allowed to do his job. On a local TV channel later that night the secretary publicly apologized.
After midnight, however, the same person phoned the Enimerosi publisher and asked him, "What exactly was the Enimerosi reporter doing at the demonstration?" (This supposedly had been explained as a misunderstanding and there had been a public apology). The simple answer was, "The reporter was doing his job." The people with the secretary who were listening on the speakerphone, then started shouting abuse at him, the newspaper and the reporters.
In the early hours, following the unprovoked abuse from those listening to the speakerphone (not the secretary) and following several calls that went unanswered, the secretary eventually answered the newspaper publisher and, without allowing him to respond, said: "I can't talk now as I'm at the police station being interrogated!"
After several calls from Enimerosi the following morning to ask for explanations, the same person then once again talked about the demonstrators' confusion and anger, which he felt was justified because they were afraid that the photos could be used against them.
When it was put to him that the Enimerosi report is documented and carries the name of the reporter (so readers could use it to resolve any concerns they may have had) and, in any case, there were so many photos and videos being posted on Facebook on the demonstrators' personal profiles which could be used by any third party, the Society secretary suddenly cut the conversation off saying he had a meeting with a German TV channel.
Following the demonstration and incidents on Sunday, the police said, when asked by Enimerosi, that there hadn't been any arrests or detentions and there were no interrogations in the early hours of Monday in Lefkimmi or anywhere else.
The German TV channel which was in Lefkimmi on Sunday was in Corfu Town on Monday morning for a scheduled meeting with the Mayor.
A few days ago, reporters from other Corfu media were also caught up in the rage and confusion.
** The headline is from Article 14, Paragraph 2 of the Greek Constitution.
After midnight, however, the same person phoned the Enimerosi publisher and asked him, "What exactly was the Enimerosi reporter doing at the demonstration?" (This supposedly had been explained as a misunderstanding and there had been a public apology). The simple answer was, "The reporter was doing his job." The people with the secretary who were listening on the speakerphone, then started shouting abuse at him, the newspaper and the reporters.
In the early hours, following the unprovoked abuse from those listening to the speakerphone (not the secretary) and following several calls that went unanswered, the secretary eventually answered the newspaper publisher and, without allowing him to respond, said: "I can't talk now as I'm at the police station being interrogated!"
After several calls from Enimerosi the following morning to ask for explanations, the same person then once again talked about the demonstrators' confusion and anger, which he felt was justified because they were afraid that the photos could be used against them.
When it was put to him that the Enimerosi report is documented and carries the name of the reporter (so readers could use it to resolve any concerns they may have had) and, in any case, there were so many photos and videos being posted on Facebook on the demonstrators' personal profiles which could be used by any third party, the Society secretary suddenly cut the conversation off saying he had a meeting with a German TV channel.
Following the demonstration and incidents on Sunday, the police said, when asked by Enimerosi, that there hadn't been any arrests or detentions and there were no interrogations in the early hours of Monday in Lefkimmi or anywhere else.
The German TV channel which was in Lefkimmi on Sunday was in Corfu Town on Monday morning for a scheduled meeting with the Mayor.
A few days ago, reporters from other Corfu media were also caught up in the rage and confusion.
** The headline is from Article 14, Paragraph 2 of the Greek Constitution.
